India&#39;s finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has cleared the draft compensation law -- which compensates states for any revenue losses they may suffer once the GST comes into force.

&quot;The GST&#39;s compensation law states that if any state suffers loss it will be covered in first five years. Its legally vetted draft came before the Council and was the first law formally passed,&quot; Arun Jaitley told the press.

The compensation law is one of the four enabling laws under the GST constitutional amendment. The finance minister hoped the remaining ones -- iGST (integrated GST), sGST (state GST) and cGST (central GST) -- will be cleared in the next meeting ahead of the second half of Parliament&#39;s Budget Session.

Jaitley said he hoped the drafts of the remaining laws will be passed in the Council&#39;s next meeting slated for March 4-5 in the national capital.

&quot;Once all drafts are approved, we will place them in Parliament. In Budget Session&#39;s second half (that begins on March 9), all enabling laws under GST constitutional amendment should get approved,&quot; he said.

&quot;Today GST&#39;s legal committee sought explanation on these and the Council gave its opinion. These now have to be incorporated in the draft laws. March 4-5 the legally vetted drafts of these laws will come before the Council, which it will try to approve,&quot; Jaitley said.

The draft laws once passed by the GST Council, will have to be passed by Parliament. The sGST will have to be passed by state legislative bodies.

Jaitley said after that the next step will be to slot commodities under the GST tax slabs.&nbsp;

&quot;Each item has to be fitted under a particular slab. After the March 4-5 meeting, officers will start slotting the commodities and we will require another major meeting to give approval to the specific items in each of the slabs,&quot; the finance minister said.

(WION)

The law will compensate states for revenue losses for the first five years once the GST comes into force

India's finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has cleared the draft compensation law -- which compensates states for any revenue losses they may suffer once the GST comes into force. "The GST's compensation law states that if any state suffers loss it will be covered in first five years. Its legally vetted draft came before the Council and was the first law formally passed," Arun Jaitley told the press. The compensation law is one of the four enabling laws under the GST constitutional amendment. The finance minister hoped the remaining ones -- iGST (integrated GST), sGST (state GST) and cGST (central GST) -- will be cleared in the next meeting ahead of the second half of Parliament's Budget Session. Jaitley said he hoped the drafts of the remaining laws will be passed in the Council's next meeting slated for March 4-5 in the national capital. "Once all drafts are approved, we will place them in Parliament. In Budget Session's second half (that begins on March 9), all enabling laws under GST constitutional amendment should get approved," he said. "Today GST's legal committee sought explanation on these and the Council gave its opinion. These now have to be incorporated in the draft laws. March 4-5 the legally vetted drafts of these laws will come before the Council, which it will try to approve," Jaitley said. The draft laws once passed by the GST Council, will have to be passed by Parliament. The sGST will have to be passed by state legislative bodies. Jaitley said after that the next step will be to slot commodities under the GST tax slabs. "Each item has to be fitted under a particular slab. After the March 4-5 meeting, officers will start slotting the commodities and we will require another major meeting to give approval to the specific items in each of the slabs," the finance minister said. (WION)

India's GST Council clears law compensating states for revenue losses

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India's GST Council clears law compensating states for revenue losses